In some ways the final scene in Good Morning, Midnight is as much a contradiction in terms as the title. Sasha has come to Paris for a two week holiday. After spending the the novel avoiding feeling and close interaction, Sasha ultimately accepts the advances of a gigolo she has befriended, only to reject him at the moment of truth and sleep with the man next door whom she fears and hates. In discussion of …showed first 75 words of 1947 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1947 total…Sasha, 'yes' is not necessarily an acceptance of life <Tab/>but a recognition of its force. BIBLIOGRAPHY Howells, C. A. Key Women Writers, Jean Rhys. (Harvester Wheatsheaf: <Tab/>Hemel Hempstead: 1991) Maurel, S. Women Writers, Jean Rhys. (Macmillan Press: Basingstoke, 1998. Rhys, J. Good Morning, Midnight. (Penguin Books Ltd:London, 2000) Staley, T. F. Jean Rhys, A Critical Study. (University of Texas Press: Great <Tab/>Britain, 1979)